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Mary J. Blige wins Lifetime Achievement Award and performs medley of hits at BET Awards
The BET Awards were lit in more ways than one but one of the most memorable moments of the night came compliments of Mary J. Blige who was honored with the lifetime Achievement Award.
The singer was honored on Sunday night and Rihanna shares sweet words when she introduced the singer who she said “changed the game with her unique sound and that Mary J. Blige style.”
“Mary J. Blige you have set the bar for relatable, timeless, classic music,” she said. “You opened multiple doors for female artists in this industry. And on behalf of all the women that came after you, like myself, thank you for being you so we can feel comfortable being ourselves. Thank you for pouring yourself into every track and giving us a song for every feeling. Thank you for showing us that love is all that we need. But we didn’t know how much we needed you.”
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Mary J. Blige gave gracious acceptance speech when she took the stage.
“You inspire me right back. …I want to thank my BET family for all the love along the way,” she said. “Words cannot express what your support means to me…Although I’m a leader, a queen, a living legend… Although I’m all these things, I’m a servant as well and I’m here to serve. Being a servant is not always glamorous or popular, but it’s the job and the assignment that I was given. Because in order to become an authority, I had to come under authority. It’s because, when the glory is placed on me, I give it back to God.”
Next, MJB performed a medley of her biggest hits including “My Life,” “Share My World,” “No Drama” and “I’m Going Down.” She was even joined by Lil Kim for a bit of ‘I Can Love You.”
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Teairra Mari hit with multiple charges for driving drunk in a car with only 3 wheels
Teairra Mari has been hit with a slew of charges following her DUI arrest over the weekend in New York City.
The Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star, whose alcoholism has been used as a plot device on the series, was busted Saturday morning for allegedly driving drunk with only three wheels on her car, Page Six reports.
Law enforcement sources confirmed with the Post that the former singer lost a wheel when the front passenger side tire dislodged from her 2014 Dodge Charger around 3 a.m. Witnesses described the vehicle as grinding on the pavement while sparking and smoking through the tunnel, and Mari continued to drive like that for a mile with the Bridge and Tunnel Authority police hot on her tail.
When she finally came to a stop on Borden Avenue near 5th Street, she allegedly blew a 0.304 in a breathalyzer test, more than three times the legal limit. She was also driving unlicensed and in violation of previous DWI arrest by not having an ignition interlock, which prevents the car from starting if the driver’s BAC is higher than a certain level, according to the law officials.
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The reality star was reportedly “bragging to the cops about being a celebrity,” but her Hollywood status didn’t prevent her from being hit with a host of charges, including DWI, violation of court-ordered ignition interlock, illegal tinted windows, illegal operation of a vehicle, unlicensed operator of a motor vehicle, among other charges, cops said.
In related news, Teairra Mari previously sued rapper 50 Cent after she claimed he shared a sex tape of her.
As TheGrio previously reported, Mari claimed that the rapper and her ex Akbar Abdul-Ahad, conspired a plan to “sexually objectify, threaten, intimidate, humiliate and degrade her.”
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But a judge dismissed her claims earlier this year, according to People, and ordered her to pay the “Power” star more than $30,000.50 has been trying to collect ever since, with the two trading jabs at each other on social media over when she intends to pay up.
Teairra maintains she’s too broke to settle her debt. As such, she was called back to court on April 22 so 50’s team could examine her finances but she failed to show, so a bench warrant was issued.
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Ciara reveals her parents called it quits after 33 years of marriage
Ciara is opening up about the “very out of body” experience she had following her parents’ divorce.
The Level Up singer gets candid in a new interview with RuPaul for an episode of his self-named talk show. Ciara tearfully reveals for the first time publicly the heartache she endured when her parents decided to call it quits on their union.
“My parents were married for 33 years and they’re not together anymore,” Ciara said. “However, they are both happily married so it’s good,” she added, prompting laughter from audience, PEOPLE reports.
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Turns out, CiCi’s parents separated in 2015, right around the time she began dating her now-husband Russell Wilson. The couple tied the knot in 2016 and welcomed daughter Sienna in 2017. Ciara previously dated rapper Future but they split in 2014, three months after they welcomed son Future.
During a conversation with Jada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk, the star noted how she looked to her parents’ marriage for guidance when it came to her own love life.
“I had to take a couple of times to figure it out, but my dad’s love is what saved me in all my situations, because it would get to a point where I was like, my dad wouldn’t do this to my mom. This can’t be love,” she explained. “I’ve always had the same goal of wanting to be loved a certain way, but I was just walking in the wrong direction.”
As TheGrio previously reported, Ciara and her Seattle Seahawks hubby are making major power moves as a couple. They recently launched Why Not You Productions, a digital media house which plans to focus on television, film and digital projects that will include “inspiring and aspiring narratives and human interest stories.”
The singer, actress, dancer, entrepreneur and model also recently made time to cameo in Taylor Swift’s latest video, ”YouNeedToCalmDown” — in which Ciara is seen officiating the wedding of Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita.
She was quick to shut down a Instagram user who called it a sin to officiate a gay wedding.
“Firstly, Christians don’t judge. Secondly #YouNeedToCalmDown,” Ciara fired back.
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Nicki Minaj announces she’s getting married to felon boyfriend + slams Miley Cyrus
Nicki Minaj has revealed that she’s getting ready to tie the knot with boyfriend Kenneth Petty!
The Queen rapper dropped the bombshell on the latest episode of her Beats 1 radio show, Queen Radio. The announcement follows criticism over Petty’s appearance in her highly sexualized new music video “Megatron,” which dropped on Friday.
As TheGrio previously reported, Petty, 40, is a level two registered sex offender in New York. He was convicted in April 1995 for attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl, a crime committed in September 1994 when he was 15. Petty also plead guilty to manslaughter in 2006, and was sentenced to 10 years, of which he only served seven years and was paroled in September 2013.
Minaj and Petty went public with their relationship late last year on Instagram via a series of pics. On Friday’s (June 21) Queen Radio episode, the hip-hop star revealed that she and Petty “did get our marriage license,” and explained. “I think I have what I was striving for, just happiness.”
She also admitted how hard it was to “get to a happy place.”
“Now that I’m there I don’t want to compromise that for anyone or anything. Certain traveling things I don’t wanna do it. I’m just enjoying my downtime,” she added.
However, it wasn’t all happy news on the show. Minaj discussed her feud with Miley Cyrus, and slammed the singer for “disrespecting.”
The duo have a long-standing beef that goes to the 2015 Video Music Awards, but Cyrus also reignited tensions in a recent interview with Elle about the lyrics in her new song, “Cattitude,” in which she declares, “I love you Nicki, but I listen to Cardi.”
“Perdue chickens can never talk shit about queens,” Minaj responded on her show. “She disrespected me in a magazine article for no reason. I had just seen her after she sucked Mike WiLL‘s d**k in the studio.”
The New York native also referred to Cyrus’ recent Black Mirror episode in which she plays a pop star who wears a short pink and purple wig.
“Now you coming out with pink wigs, all you b*tches wanna be Nicki.”
Cyrus, meanwhile, clarified the controversial “Cattitude” line while speaking on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp.
“I don’t think there is beef now anymore,” she said when asked about the Cardi B and Nicki feud. “Actually, one of my songs says, ‘You want to know if we’re really beefin’? There’s no beef. I’m a vegan.'”
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Yara Shahidi opens up about growing up with Prince during BETX
June is Black Music Month, and while making an appearance at this year’s BET Experience at L.A. LIVE, Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi sat down with host Jemele Hill during the festival’s Genius Talks series.
Shahidi has often been applauded for being a voice for her generation and gets passionate while talking about politics. But she became visibly sentimental Saturday afternoon, when recalling what it was like growing up with Prince as an extended part of her family.
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“When I think about what Prince has done for our family, we’re always just grateful for his presence and what he’s done for the creative world at large,” the 19 year old actress says of the years that her father, Afshin Shahidi, worked as the music legend’s personal photographer.
“All the work that he’s done that no one actually even knew about and the work that he’s done for our family in particular. It’s surreal to think about because I think he really set precedent of what it means to make this a family business. To be three or four and to be able to travel with him and the rest of the band, to be on tour and to be in Hawaii with them, to be in London with them,” she continued.
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Shahidi also shared how the musician made it a point to celebrate her career from the beginning.
“When my [first] movie Imagine That came out, he rented a theater for people to see it and he had copies that he’d give out to people that he was working with. And even when Black-ish came out, he did reach out to just say how proud he was. And it, again, speaks to the power of supporting one another. Whether it is giving somebody an opportunity, whether it is just setting an example of how you can move through this world with grace, with care.”
The actress said along with her parents, Prince was one of the people instrumental in teaching her how valuable it is to always collaborate and uplift others, no matter how successful you personally become.
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“I think when you move through the world with the misconception that we’re in competition with one another,” she opines. “And it’s not that we woke up one day and said, “Do you know what? I decided to be in competition with you,” but that’s the world we’ve been given. We’ve been given a world in which it’s been affirmed and re-affirmed time and time again that the person across from you is somebody that could take an opportunity from you.”
“I think what he’s established, and fortunately everybody else that I’ve had the pleasure to work with, has established, is the fact that you are not in competition. And the synergy that you can create with two people or multiple people actually leads to more opportunities,” she concluded.
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Storm Reid speaks on taking on more mature roles in ‘Euphoria’ and ‘When They See Us’: ‘This is what I do this for”
Storm Reid was honored with the Rising Star Award at the 2nd annual BETher Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills on Friday night.
The empowering event was hosted by Shaun Robinson and is dedicated to celebrating women of color who have inspired change and redefined the standard of success in their respective arenas at the 2nd Annual BETher Awards Dinner.
Other honorees included Esi Eggleston Bracey, Executive Vice President and COO of Beauty & Personal Care, Unilever North America; Mane Choice CEO and natural hair aficionado Courtney Adeleye, and Erin Teague. The elaborate affair also featured a performance by Roc Nation singer/songwriter Victory.
All of the women who were honored delivered inspiring acceptance speeches that highlighted the strength, resilience, and impact of Black women across multiple fields.
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We caught up with the Storm Reid on the red carpet to find out how she feels about taking on more mature roles.
“I love it. I feel like this is what I do this for; to tell people stories and to be inclusive and really try to impact people’s lives. To have Zendaya in my corner as a big sister on and off screen is a blessing,” she said of her role on HBO’s gritty new teen drama, Euphoria.
“A lot of people have been saying it is very gritty and it is very heightened in a sense but we are talking about real situations and real things that teenagers go through, so I’m glad to be a part of that conversation. Even though it may be uncomfortable for some, I feel like it’s a conversation that needs to be had.”
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She also revealed the most rewarding aspect of her work on Ava DuVernay‘s When They See Us.
“I feel like that project gave those five men a piece of justice that they deserved. I’m not saying it gave them back the years that they lost and the adolescence that they lost back, but people are finally seeing them now,” she said. “The criminal justice system and the media dehumanized them and now people who didn’t see them as humans before see them as human beings. I’m so glad to have been a part of it for that reason.”
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